Nicholas J. Cepeda

7.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
31 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Nicholas J. Cepeda is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas J. Cepeda has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 12 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 11 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Nicholas J. Cepeda's work include Memory Processes and Influences (11 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (9 papers) and Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (7 papers). Nicholas J. Cepeda is often cited by papers focused on Memory Processes and Influences (11 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (9 papers) and Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (7 papers). Nicholas J. Cepeda collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Nicholas J. Cepeda's co-authors include Harold Pashler, Doug Rohrer, John T. Wixted, Edward Vul, Arthur F. Kramer, Shana K. Carpenter, Tina Weston, Faria Sana, Tom Chau and Sylvain Moreno and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, Psychological Science and Journal of Educational Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas J. Cepeda

30 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Distributed practice in verbal recall tasks: A review and quantitative synthesis.

2006 1.2k citations Nicholas J. Cepeda, Harold Pashler et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →
Short-Term Music Training Enhances Verbal Intelligence and Executive Function

2011 493 citations Sylvain Moreno, Ellen Bialystok et al. Psychological Science profile →
Laptop multitasking hinders classroom learning for both users and nearby peers

2012 427 citations Tina Weston, Nicholas J. Cepeda et al. profile →

Peers

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Edward Vul United States

Doug Rohrer United States

Peter A. Frensch Germany

Elizabeth Ligon Bjork United States

Daniel T. Willingham United States

Andrew C. Butler United States

Katherine A. Rawson United States

Cesare Cornoldi Italy

Natasha Z. Kirkham United Kingdom

David Z. Hambrick United States

Edward Vul United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicholas J. Cepeda

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Cepeda, Nicholas J., et al.. (2013). Speed isn't everything: complex processing speed measures mask individual differences and developmental changes in executive control. Developmental Science. 16(2). 269–286. 101 indexed citations

Kapler, Irina V., Nicholas J. Cepeda, & Tina Weston. (2012). Spacing, Testing, and Feedback: Helping Students Overcome Forgetting.. Education Canada. 52(1). 2 indexed citations

Simone, Patricia M., Matthew C. Bell, & Nicholas J. Cepeda. (2012). Diminished But Not Forgotten: Effects of Aging on Magnitude of Spacing Effect Benefits. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 68(5). 674–680. 23 indexed citations

Moreno, Sylvain, Ellen Bialystok, Raluca Barac, et al.. (2011). Short-Term Music Training Enhances Verbal Intelligence and Executive Function. Psychological Science. 22(11). 1425–1433. 493 indexed citations breakdown →

Cepeda, Nicholas J., et al.. (2010). Spacing effects in real‐world classroom vocabulary learning. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 25(5). 763–767. 127 indexed citations

Cepeda, Nicholas J., et al.. (2009). When simple things are meaningful: Working memory strength predicts children’s cognitive flexibility. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 103(2). 241–249. 51 indexed citations

Cepeda, Nicholas J., Noriko Coburn, Doug Rohrer, et al.. (2009). Optimizing Distributed Practice. Experimental Psychology (formerly Zeitschrift für Experimentelle Psychologie). 56(4). 236–246. 208 indexed citations

Cepeda, Nicholas J. & Yuko Munakata. (2007). Why do children perseverate when they seem to know better: Graded working memory, or directed inhibition?. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 14(6). 1058–1065. 42 indexed citations

Pashler, Harold, Doug Rohrer, Nicholas J. Cepeda, & Shana K. Carpenter. (2007). Enhancing learning and retarding forgetting: Choices and consequences. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 14(2). 187–193. 208 indexed citations

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Cepeda, Nicholas J., Harold Pashler, Edward Vul, John T. Wixted, & Doug Rohrer. (2006). Distributed practice in verbal recall tasks: A review and quantitative synthesis.. Psychological Bulletin. 132(3). 354–380. 1152 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pashler, Harold, Doug Rohrer, & Nicholas J. Cepeda. (2006). Temporal Spacing and Learning. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 19(3). 38. 3 indexed citations

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Pashler, Harold, Nicholas J. Cepeda, John T. Wixted, & Doug Rohrer. (2005). When Does Feedback Facilitate Learning of Words?. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 31(1). 3–8. 318 indexed citations

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Kramer, Arthur F., Nicholas J. Cepeda, & Manuel L. Cepeda. (2001). Methylphenidate Effects on Task-Switching Performance in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 40(11). 1277–1284. 55 indexed citations

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Cepeda, Nicholas J., et al.. (2001). Changes in executive control across the life span: Examination of task-switching performance.. Developmental Psychology. 37(5). 715–730. 471 indexed citations

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DiGirolamo, Gregory J., Arthur F. Kramer, Nicholas J. Cepeda, et al.. (2001). General and task-specific frontal lobe recruitment in older adults during executive processes: A fMRI investigation of task-switching. Neuroreport. 12(9). 2065–2071. 194 indexed citations

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Cepeda, Nicholas J., Manuel L. Cepeda, & Arthur F. Kramer. (2000). Task Switching and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 28(3). 213–226. 177 indexed citations

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Cepeda, Nicholas J. & Arthur F. Kramer. (1999). Strategic effects on object-based attentional selection. Acta Psychologica. 103(1-2). 1–19. 21 indexed citations

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Cepeda, Nicholas J., Kyle R. Cave, Narcisse P. Bichot, & Min‐Shik Kim. (1998). Spatial selection via feature-driven inhibition of distractor locations. Perception & Psychophysics. 60(5). 727–746. 107 indexed citations

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Blake, Randolph, Nicholas J. Cepeda, & Eric Hiris. (1997). Memory for visual motion.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 23(2). 353–369. 59 indexed citations

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Marco, Luis A., et al.. (1991). Unitary correlates of linguo-pharyngeal events in a dyskinetic rat model. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Comparative Pharmacology. 99(3). 413–419. 1 indexed citations

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